Abstract
The Basotho nation was constituted in the 19th century under the leadership of Moshoeshoe I, bringing together refugees from disparate tribes scattered by Zulu expansionism in southern Africa. War with land-hungry Boer settlers in 1856 (and again in 1886) cost the Basotho significant territory, and Moshoeshoe appealed for British protection. This was granted in 1868, and in 1871 the territory was annexed to the Cape Colony (now Republic of South Africa), but in 1883 it was restored to the direct control of the British government through the High Commissioner for South Africa.
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Turner, B. (1999). Lesotho. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2000. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271289_171
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